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André and I really looooooove to cook. Hence, there are not that many recipe that we do, and redo, and re redo... But this one is a very special to my heart. The texture, the taste, the small, the way it looks... everything is so good! The original recipe comes from Jamie Oliver's website . It's funny how on the website, he explains how it got hold on the recipe in an old Italian cookbook. Following the first time André cook this meal for me, we ask our Italian friend Riccardo about it and he said he never ever heard about it and that it was not Italian. Anyway, this doesn't mean that it's less delicious! Jamie is a little bit like chef Ricardo in Quebec, that I already mention in the Paella recipe , meaning they like to use "fancy" ingredient, that for us, just screams "change me"! Anyway, here is my version of this somehow "classic" ;) Preheat the oven at 200°C (400F). In parallel to preparing the sauce, you should cook 300-400 g of p...

Pie are apparently a nordic country tradition: more or less fluffy crust, meat or fish, cream.......... mmmm!!!!! At André's birthday party, we had a pot luck, and of course this also means good occasion to impress people and share good recipes. Fortunately for us, many of our friends are cooking very well!!! It was with great pleasure this weekend that we then decided to bake this wonderful pie, a recipe from our friend Niclas. For the crust, you can use whatever recipe for fluffy dough you have, or the following. Mix together 400 ml of flour , 50 g of butter , 2 tea spoons of baking powder , half a tea spoon of salt . You need to separate the butter in smaller pieces before adding 150 ml of milk . You need to mix just so it sticks together, not more (the more you play with it, the less fluffy it will be and the harder it will get. Put it in the fridge for 20-25 minutes. Pre-heat the oven to 225 C. Roll the crust, put it in a buttered mold and put it in for 10 min before p...

Last week I stumbled upon this recipe here . I liked it immediately: the pine nuts, garlic and all in a nice green pesto! So when we had our romantic two people / two chefs surprise dinner on Saturday, I thought it fitted well, since I was responsible for the main course ( here's the appetizer from Sophie). At the beginning it sounded rather complicated, but once everything is in the food processor, it's straight forward. The pesto will be for four portions easily, even after I took only half of the amount for the ingredients given: A handful asparagus One big hand Baby Spinach Two cloves of garlic (here I left the original amount ;) A handful of Parmesan Half a cup of pine nuts Boil the asparagus for 3min. in salted water. Drain and keep the water. Cool the asparagus under cold water. Cut off the tips and put the rest in the food processor. Meanwhile heat up a frying pan and roast the pine nuts (be careful, don't brown them too much). Afterwards add 3/4 of ...

I've never been a big fan of green salad, until I tried this fantastic one many years ago in a spanish/mexican restaurant in Dresden. It came in a tortilla-bowl. Of course I could just guess what they put in, but the result came pretty close. I varied it alot, made it simpler or more fancy, but for Sophie I made almost the classic, which always looks amazing. While boiling an egg prepare the base. Make a nice green salad, with lettuce (or maché), cucumber, tomato, peppers . Add a nice Caesar salad or simple garlic dressing and some croutons (I bought a ready made set for Caesar salad. It's the perfect amount for two, and the real Parmesan fits perfectly in, too!). Finally fry a few slices of bacon (mhhh..), slice the hard boiled egg and decorate the salad with both nicely. As a variation you can simply fry bacon cubes and add it to the base, or if you like the taste as much as me, just do the cubes and the slices ;). And if you don't have an egg or the time, just ...

Many of you were there when I had the pleasure to bring cake for our Friday fika the last time. This was also celebrating my one year anniversary in Göteborg, a month ago. A lot of people really enjoyed the cake and I decided to post here the recipes! Lets then begin by the recipe for the lemon cake (my mother's!!!). Preheat the oven at 175C. Mix together 100 ml of oil 250 ml of sugar 2 eggs 375 ml of flour 2 tea spoons of baking powder a big pinch of salt 125 ml of chopped nuts (if wanted) the zest of one lemon 125 ml of milk Pour in a buttered bread form (or mold, depending of your nationality ;). Put in the oven for an hour. When it comes out, brush with the juice of the lemon, mixed with 50 ml of sugar. This is always a hit!!!

Sooooooo.... This time, it was so good that we did not manage to take a picture before everything was gone ;). Tonight, we decided to cook for each other, I was doing the appetizer and André is doing the main course. I decided to do a simple, but OMG delicious tuna and salmon tartar. I cut in small cubes (between 5 and 10 mm sides) more or less 200 g of fresh fish (freshness is an important factor here). I add a big spoon of mayonnaise (the good one I brought back from Canada!!!), a spoon of soya sauce , a little bit of oil (just so the texture is right) and some chili (I have that rooster asiatic sauce, but anything that gives a punch would do the trick!). Today we just went to the grocery shop, so we have a leek in the fridge and I decided to add also one table spoon of finely chop leek instead of adding regular onion. I mixed everything and put in the fridge to rest for a few moments. Meanwhile, I prepare a simple salad with 2 handles of mache salad . For the dressing, I us...

Weekends are special right now (one could argue they always are... but I mean culinary-wise). We are working like crazy during the week, eating good, but fast prepared stuff. During the weekend, we take the time to impress each other with amazing food. In Quebec we have a very popular chef whose name is Ricardo. I personally tried many of his recipe and always found them delicious (even though sometimes he pushes a little on the fresh stuff... not everyone has a farmers' marker in their back yard!!!). It's then no surprise that when I decided to cook Paella I found a good recipe on his website. The original recipe is here . But I also decided to copy my version :). I fried a little piece of chicken (maybe the equivalent of a small breast) that I cut before in bite size portions. I salted and grounded some pepper and waited until brown. I put aside and add 1 yellow bell pepper and 1 big onion , diced. I also add 3 pieces garlic , finely chopped (we loooooooove garlic!) a...